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What I tell you is not true

19 Tuesday Aug 2025

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collage, Dada, kunst, philosophy, poetry, poezie, surreal

With madness ruling our world thanks to mixture of finance, big-tech, politics and social media, there must be written more poetry, and there must be created more art.

Incomprehensible (Animal) Rythm

Dogs dance and fight and bite / cats or humans and the occasional sheep /

(not their bosses).

And teeth shine / a glance that guards distance.

incomprehensible (animal) rythm // onbegrijpelijk (animaal) ritme

Honden dansen en vechten en bijten / katten of mensen en bij gelegenheid / een schaap /

(niet hun baasjes).

En tanden schijnen / een glans die afstand bewaart.

text and collage-mixed media, DM 2024 – 2025 (www.meurtant.exto.org)

Under Threat // Onder Dreiging

25 Wednesday Jun 2025

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assemblage, bedreiging, Dada, kunst, philosophy, poetry, samenleving, society, threat

A society defined by fences

And talking of violence

Shrinks to miniature.

Under Threat – I

Een samenleving bepaald door hekken

En door praten over geweld

Krimpt tot een miniatuur.

Under Threat – II

When stupidity is exposed

It may become explosive.

Under Threat – I (detail)

Als stompzinnigheid wordt blootgelegd

Kan het explosief worden.

Under Threat – II (detail)

Assemblage “Under Threat / Onder Dreiging”

(metal, wood, A1 gypsum, paint, stone, sand, 70x35x30 cm)

Text & photos (c) Drager Meurtant June 25, 2025

Richess // Rijkdom

22 Thursday May 2025

Posted by dragermeurtant in art, Dada, kunst, outdoor, philosophy, photography, poetry, poezie, society, street photography

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blog, city, Dada, fotografie, gedicht, kunst, philosophy, photography, poetry, poezie

“Every day, every moment, seek for the richness of life.”

Locked (DM, Amsterdam)

“Elke dag, elk moment, zoek de rijkdom van het leven”

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“Attentive, once the pain had vanished,

near the water level the transition was seen

of mass to infinity.”

Transition // Overgang (DM, Amsterdam)

“Met aandacht, nadat de pijn was verdwenen,

werd dichtbij het water de overgang gezien

van massa naar oneindigheid.”

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“The broom had scrubbed / its hair to an end.”

Broom // Bezem (DM, Amsterdam)

“De bezem had de haren / geschrobd tot het einde.”

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“The hand which reached toward richess

and the repair man of the broken glass

arrived one after the other.”

Richess // Rijkdom (DM, Amsterdam)

“De hand die reikte naar rijkdom

en de reparateur van het gebroken glas

kwamen na elkaar aan.”

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“What do we learn from our errors?”

Error // Fout (DM, Amsterdam)

“Wat leren we van onze fouten?”

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“Some creatures do not think about causes

or consequences,

but simply adapt to circumstances.”

Adaptation // Aanpassing (DM, Amsterdam)

“Sommige schepsels denken niet na over oorzaken

of gevolgen, maar passen zich eenvoudig aan

aan de omstandigheden.”

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Walking the city // Lopend door de stad, Amsterdam (NL) May 22, 2025.

(All images and texts (c) Drager Meurtant)

Impossible views

04 Sunday May 2025

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I. the attack

“A knife will not do, and bombs are so

general. But, if we hack their email,

we’ll achieve our goals without much

bloodshed..”

Angry twosome (connected), DM, collage of monoprints, 2025)

II. the complaints

“our problem was really the inability

to buy goods at foreign websites.”

Mood (angriness), alu-foil with paint, DM, 2025

all art and texts (c) Drager Meurtant, 2025

Our troubled times // Onze getroebleerde tijd

05 Wednesday Mar 2025

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collage, contemporary, Dada, gedicht, kunst, philosophy, poetry, poezie, political

(1) More Turmoil

“Trouble loving tirans and their company
follow gut feelings and grudge
happy to steer all into the abyss”

(1) Meer beroering

“Tirannen en hun volgers
die hun onderbuikgevoel en wrok
allen in de afgrond doen storten”

(collage monotype fragments and book, DM, 2025)

(2) Out of curiosity (puzzled)

“Words have started to battle
with meaning;
positions move by whim
and denial has become the
new religion.
Now push the reset button.”

(2) Uit nieuwsgierigheid (verward)

“Woorden zijn gaan strijden
met betekenis,
posities worden grillig ingenomen
en ontkenning is het
nieuwe geloof geworden.
Druk nu de ‘reset button”

(monotype ink-transfer under pressure, 22×26 cm, DM, 2025)

(c) Drager Meurtant, http://www.meurtant.exto.org

Three experiences // Drie ervaringen

17 Friday Jan 2025

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abandoned, Dada, factory, fotografie, philosophy, photography, poetry, poezie

At the entry of doubt and hesitance / the sound of metal joints / was in glaring contrast / to the empty space.

Bij het binnenkomen van aarzeling en van twijfel / klonken de gewrichten van metaal / in schril contrast tot de lege ruimte.

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Once buildings start to crumble / and walls start to tumble / then true beauty is revealed. // One must seek for a second / and split structures into basic elements. // This brings us to insight” (Oppenheimer contemplating about The Big One). 

Wanneer gebouwen verpulveren / en muren instorten / dan komt de ware schoonheid tevoorschijn. // Je moet een seconde nemen / om daarna de structuur in basale elementen te splitsen. // Dat brengt ons inzicht. (Overweging van Oppenheimer over The Big One).

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An empty prison comes in place / where glue runs past a stone’s cast. // No, people, / that is not for understanding / that is for nót understanding / where we stand without ground / under our feet.

Een leeg gevang komt te staan / waar lijm voorbij een steenworp holt. // Neen mensen: dat is niet om te begrijpen / dat is om níet te begrijpen / waar we staan zonder grond / onder onze voeten is.

Photos taken by Drager Meurtant in old Leather Factory Oisterwijk, NL, February 4, 2014

Texts (c) DM, 2014-2025

Critic Building a Future // Criticus Bouwt een Toekomst (1)

04 Saturday Jan 2025

Posted by dragermeurtant in art, assemblage, Dada, defense, houses, installation, kunst, landscape, mental health, philosophy, poetry, poezie, society

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assemblage, Dada, kunst, landscape, oil-terminal, philosophy, poetry

In creating art, this artist examines human actions and the resulting society, with bonds and clefts.

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Bij het scheppen van kunst, onderzoekt deze kunstenaar het menselijk handelen en de maatschappij die hieruit volgt, met verbindingen en kloven.

The Oil Terminal at Dissension

After one village a second was build // and as so often / these contained two communities / with different beliefs. // After peevishness came quarrel / and this raised high: a full five meters. // The arrival of the oil-terminal / changed little apart from more fencing. // The bridge does not unite the inhabitants / but enables them to dwell on different paths.

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De Olieterminal bij Tweespalt

Na één dorp werd een tweede gebouwd / en als zo vaak, / waren het twee gemeentes in het geloof. // Na wrevel kwam ruzie / en die liep hoog op en wel vijf meter. // De komst van de olieterminal veranderde weinig / behalve nog meer heining. // De brug verenigt geen bewoners, / maar maakt dat de wegen gescheiden voortgaan.

the oilterminal at dissension / de olieterminal bij tweespalt

(assemblage, 78x58x9 cm, DM, 2013)

A Sourcerer on the Way

30 Monday Dec 2024

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gedicht, graphics, kunst, poetry

“A sourcerer must source
the way across unknown
territory and among un-
familiar elements”

sourcerer on the way

monoprint using flat stones plus small etching,

Drager Meurtant, 2022-2024

Second chance

13 Saturday Jul 2024

Posted by dragermeurtant in abstract, art, Dada, kunst, painting, poetry

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Dada, mixed-media, philosophy, poetry, space

Is there a second chance?

Will there be room for improvement, or have all options be exploited to great depth, leaving just a void.

Let us look at mixed-media painting “Room with a view”, conceived and created in 2019.

In subsequent years, doubt gradually did arise, and early July 2024 this work was completely painted over with white gesso, and then created anew. The structure (cut-out in carton) remained, but colored differently. Minor elements were added as collage material.

“Outside in the meadows”

The text made vague by superposition of thin paper, came from book by Florence Montgomery – Misunderstood (1910)

text and art by Drager Meurtant, 2024

The Trek (Modern Times)

27 Thursday Jun 2024

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Is there more pressure, a heavier load / a road more insidious?

The Trek (Modern Times) – I

Is the texture of existence ruder / and less predictable and / is nature no longer trustworthy / not even in ourselves?

The Trek (Modern Times) – II

Yes, with the objective to serve / ourselves most / we become more otherless.

The Trek (Modern Times) – III (detail)

Sculpture, assemblage of wooden laths, coated with A-1 cast and paint plus piece of soap in cloth coated with A1 cast; 59x45x33 cm.

(c) Drager Meurtant, June 2024

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